Juan E Monteverde is a New York City-based lawyer with an extensive legal history focused on shareholder rights. Throughout his career, he has developed a reputation for challenging change in control transactions, like mergers or buyouts, and recovering millions of dollars for shareholders He was also at the forefront of proxy compensation disclosure in the post-Dodd-Frank era to ensure that the above executives give the full picture of their payouts.
As the founding partner of Monteverde & Associates PC, located at the Empire State Building, Juan Monteverde leads a team of talented attorneys who are also skilled in his areas of expertise. Monteverde & Associates is dedicated to protecting shareholders from corporate fraud and wrongdoing
Clients are typically shareholders facing financial losses after being the victims of corporate fraud or an inadequately priced merger From trial and appellate courts to the U S Supreme Court, the team is capable of fighting at any level to serve clients and ensure corporations are held accountable His personal motto, “no one is above the law,” speaks to his true nature in the courtroom
Before starting his own firm, Monteverde worked as a partner and chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation Department at Faruqi & Faruqi LLP for six years, from 2010 to 2016
Faruqi & Faruqi is a national firm with a focus area of class action litigation for investors and consumers and is one of several roles responsible for shaping the legal acumen Monteverde uses to this day. The firm's devotion to complex litigation in a variety of key stockholder-adjacent specialties helped the trial team celebrate major victories regularly
In an associate role at Levi & Korsinsky, Monteverde spent three years representing victims of securities and consumer fraud as well as mutual fund abuse Additional cases included a look at
ERISA violations and protecting the rights of shareholders when corporations experienced a change in corporate control or takeovers. Previously, he worked at Smith Mazure Director Wilkins Young & Yagerman, a liability defense firm with a civil litigation focus Within his scope of practice were construction law, civil rights cases, and product liability.
Through law school, Monteverde spent three years as a summer associate at Diaz Reus LLP, a firm dedicated to innovative legal moves in complicated commercial cases and government investigations for international and domestic clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to global banks
Monteverde graduated from the St Thomas University School of Law in 2005 He earned his Juris Doctor with distinction and participated in multiple extracurricular activities As staff editor of the Law Review, he oversaw important publication decisions and also served as president of Plead the 5th, the Official Law School newspaper In his spare time, he worked as a tutor in various law study focus areas, including constitutional law, property, and ethics Prior to law school, he obtained his Bachelor of Science in business and finance from California State University, Northridge from 2000 to 2002
Throughout his education, Juan Monteverde maintained an expansive publication history that has continued into his legal career. He regularly publishes on the topic of executive
compensation and also at speaking engagements with the American Bar Association, PLI, ACI, and conferences focused on merger cases and the problems surrounding executive compensation
Monteverde is a frequent contributor to causes he is passionate about, including Planned Parenthood, the ASPCA, UNIS, Harvest Central West, and a variety of other food pantry efforts in New York City
Monteverde is a member of the bar in New York as well as the additional federal districts Southern District, Eastern District, and Western District of New York, Eastern District of Wisconsin, District of Colorado, and the 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 9th circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals
Mr Monteverede has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in 2013, 2017-2019, and as a Super Lawyer in 2022-2024 Martindale-Hubbell has also named Mr Monteverde as a top-rated lawyer for six straight years from 2017 to 2022.
Monteverde has served as lead and co-counsel on a variety of high-profile cases with large settlements
A $17 4 million cash settlement was obtained in Re Envision Healthcare Corp in 2021 For Riche v Pappas, a U S -based geothermal buyout, a $6 5 million cash settlement was secured
In Re Hansen Medical, Inc , a shareholder litigation with Monteverde as lead, he obtained a $7.5 million post-close cash settlement. As co-lead counsel in Re Jefferies Group, Inc. Shareholders Litigation, a $70 million post-close settlement was achieved.
Monteverde is also the proud architect who improved the law for shareholders pursuing claims under Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act in the 9th Circuit In a significant victory in Varjabedian v Emulex Corp , 888 F3d 399 (9th Cir 2018), Monteverde created a 5 to 1 circuit split that lowered the standard of liability under Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act in the Ninth Circuit and then preserved this victory by obtaining dismissal of a writ of certiorari as improvidently granted at the United States Supreme Court Emulex Corp v Varjabedian, 139 S Ct 1407 (2019)
Monteverde was born in Barcelona, Spain but eventually settled in New York City for his career In his off time, he maintains an avid interest navigating in his boat and spends time with his wife and two children